This collection of books brings some of the latest developments in the field of watermarking. The current work is split into two books. Volume 1 is more traditional in its approach dealing mostly with image watermarking applications.

Researchers from varied background and expertise propose a remarkable collection of chapters to render this work an important piece of scientific research. The chapters deal with a gamut of fields where watermarking can be used to encode copyright information. The work also presents a wide array of algorithms ranging from intelligent bit replacement to more traditional methods like ICA.